HR 944
110th Congress
House
Energy
Coastal zone
Continental shelf
Gas in submerged lands
Law
Licenses
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
New Jersey
Oil and gas leases
Petroleum in submerged lands
Prospecting
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Submarine oil well drilling
To prohibit the Secretary of the Interior from issuing oil and gas leases on portions of the Outer Continental Shelf located off the coast of New Jersey.
Introduced: February 8, 2007
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Feb 14, 2007
Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
Feb 8, 2007
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Feb 8, 2007
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Prohibits the Secretary of the Interior from issuing a lease, permit, or license for oil exploration or extraction from specified submerged Outer Continental Shelf lands located within 125 miles of the coast of New Jersey, including areas with respect to which a moratorium on oil and gas leasing activities existed before enactment of this Act.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
Committees of jurisdiction
2
Cosponsors
1